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Do you know everything about the company and its services? Or are you still new to the topic, and you only used their search engine for a couple of times so far? Well, you can put your knowledge to the test in this quiz which will answer the question:

How much do you know about Google? Get a pencil and cross the single right answer for every question, and calculate your score afterwards.

Google Inc. was founded in …

1996

1998

2000

Google Inc. was founded by …

Sergey Page and Larry Brin

Eric Schmidt and Larry Page

Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Which search operator does Google enable by default?

The AND operator

The OR operator

The NOT operator

Google once used Yahoo’s search result to feed its engine.True?

Yes, from 1998-200

No, it was the other way round – Yahoo used Google once.

No, Google and Yahoo never had any search relationship.

Google Analytics is a service to …

Check if your web pages validate

Check how many people visit your web pages

Check your Google PageRank

In 2006, Eric Schmidt is Google’s …

Vice President Engineering

Eric left the company in 2004 to pursue his hobbies

Chief Executive Officer

What was the name of the search engine the Google founders developed before Google?

PageRanker

BackRub

Gogol

What is the algorithm behind Google’s PageRank?

The more pages link to you (and the higher their PageRank), the higher your page’s PageRank

You get 1 PageRank point for every web page you own

The algorithm behind PageRank is kept secret, similar to the Coca – Cola formula

Why do some sites get “banned” from the Google index?

They tried methods to get their pages ranked better which Google considers spam

They have content which is illegal in this state/ country

Both are true.

At which university did the Google founders meet?

Oxford University

MIT

Stanford University

What is the “Googleplex”?

It’s where Google employees work

It’s a solar system which shares only the name with Google.com

It’s the server farm Google built up to deliver search results to you

Around how many hits do you get for the word “Hello” (in 2006)?

420,000 pages

420,000,000 pages

42,000,000,000 pages

If you want to find a place to grab a pizza, you go to …

Google Food

Google Places

Google Local

At the Association of National Advertisers annual conference in October 2005, who said Google will take 300 years to fulfill its mission to index the world’s data?

Eric Schmidt

Larry Page

Marissa Mayer

What colors do the letters of the Google logo have, from left to right?

Red – Blue – Green – Yellow – Green

Blue – Red – Yellow – Blue – Green – Red

Blue – Yellow – Purple – Yellow – Red – Blue

How well did you do?

Calculate your points by adding 10 points for each question you answered like the following:

0–50 points: Though you have a mild interest in Google, you’re new to the topic. Maybe you prefer other search engines, or you’re not using the web for a lot of tasks. You have yet to learn how to become a power searcher, but you’re on your way. 60–110 points: You already understand more than just the basics of how Google works. Using your search power, you can locate almost anything you want. You are likely making good use of Gmail, Google News, and other Google services. 120–150 points: Consider yourself a Google guru. In fact, with your knowledge you could write a book like this. Chances are you are reading a lot of news